Elizabeth Bishop at 100

At Cooper Union Twenty contemporary poets read a favorite poem by Elizabeth Bishop in honor of her centenary year, with actors reading excerpts from the new volume of her correspondence, Elizabeth Bishop and The New Yorker. Featuring Elizabeth Alexander, John Ashbery, Frank Bidart, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Tina Chang, Jonathan Galassi, Kimiko Hahn, Richard Howard, Marie Howe, Yusef Komunyakaa, David Lehman, Paul Muldoon, Robert Polito, Marie Ponsot, Vijay Seshadri, Tom Sleigh, Mark Strand, Tracy K. Smith and Jean Valentine. This event will take place at the Great Hall of Cooper Union. Admission is free. A collaboration of the Poetry Society of America, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Poets House and the Unterberg Poetry Center. Date & Time: Tue, Feb 8, 2011, 7:00